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Health care expenditures increased by $80 per month during the 13- to 24-month period, excluding the cost of semaglutide.
Practitioners should consider potential increases in health care costs when prescribing semaglutide.
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Imputed health care expenditures, excluding the cost of semaglutide, increased by $80 per month (95% CI, $68-$92 per month).
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Based on a large retrospective cohort study.
Source
Changes in Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Health Care Expenditures Among Patients Prescribed Semaglutide
Yuan Lu et al. · JAMA Network Open · 2025
DOI 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.26013
cohort · n=23522Cited 3×
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